In the fwiw department I spent most all of the 70s in Uncle Sam’s boys club. So I missed much of the culture of that decade.
One thing I’ll never forget was not getting paid for two months because of Carter and the democrats.
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I graduated high school and joined the Air Force in 1976 and didn't leave until 1981 when Reagan took office.
I do not remember the two months without pay but I do remember the year Carter boasted to us how he gave us a huge pay raise. What really happened was the politicians raised the taxes so much my paychecks that Fiscal Year started out less than before the pay raise. Lets not even talk about that inflation during that time.